Wei Gao (韋皋) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Wei Gao as a military officer, musician, and official. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Wei Gao	韋皋	Wei Gao
Given	Gao	皋	Gao
Title	Jiannan Xichuan Military Commissioner	劍南西川節度使
Surname	Wei	韋	Wei
Personal name	Wei Gao	韋皋	Wei Gao
Personal name	Wei Gao	韋皋	Wéi Gāo

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0140, xintangshu:022:s0150
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0165

Roles

Military Officer
Musician
Official

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 劍南西川節度使韋皋 · Western Interval: Start: AD 785 · End: AD 805
Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0165
Source Date: Text: 十七年 · Western Year: AD 801
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0150
Source Date: Text: 貞元中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 785 · End: AD 805
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0140, xintangshu:022:s0141

Career and standing

Label: Jiannan Xichuan Military Commissioner / 劍南西川節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0140
Label: military governor of Jiannan West / 劍南西川節度使 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0165

Places and affiliations

Place: Jiannan West / Xichuan / 劍南西川 · Relation: posted-to
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0165

Works and attributed material

Work: Nanzhao Offering Sage Music / 南詔奉聖樂 · Relation: author
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0141

Events and relationships

Kind: diplomatic · Role: composer-and-presenter · Action: composed-nanzhao-offering-sage-music
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0141
Kind: scholarly · Role: arranger · Action: rescored-and-illustrated-pyu-music
Explicit · xintangshu:022:s0150
Kind: administrative · Role: presenter · Action: sent daily presented tribute
Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0165

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 3 passages

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貞元中，南詔異牟尋遺使詣劍南西川節度使韋皋，言欲獻夷中歌曲，且令驃國進樂。 Zhenyuan saw Nanzhao's Yi Mouxun ask Wei Gao, southwest commissioner, to receive barbarian songs and send Pyu musicians as well.

皋乃作《南詔奉聖樂》，用黃鐘之均，舞六成，工六十四人，贊引二人，序曲二十八疊，執羽而舞「南詔奉聖樂」字，曲將終，雷鼓作於四隅，舞者皆拜，金聲作而起，執羽稽首，以象朝覲。 Gao wrote Nanzhao Offering Sage Music in the Huangzhong register—six dance sections, sixty-four players, two announcers, twenty-eight prelude repetitions. Dancers bore feathers spelling "Nanzhao Offering Sage Music"; at the close thunder drums at four corners sent them prostrate, then metal tones raised them to bow with feathers in mimicry of imperial audience.

十七年，驃國王雍羌遣弟悉利移、城主舒難陀獻其國樂，至成都，韋皋復譜次其聲，又圖其舞容、樂器以獻。 Year 17 brought Pyu King Yongyao's brother Xilayi and lord Shunantuo with state music to Chengdu; Wei Gao re-harmonized it and submitted illustrations of dances and instruments.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 1 passage

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劍南西川節度使韋皋有「日進」，江西觀察使李兼有「月進」，淮南節度使杜亞、宣歙觀察使劉贊、鎮海節度使王緯李錡皆徼射恩澤，以常賦入貢，名為「羨餘」。 Wei Gao in Jiannan sent "daily tribute," Li Jian in Jiangxi "monthly tribute"; Du Ya, Liu Zan, Wang Wei, and Li Qian converted regular taxes into "surplus" gifts for favor.